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(Reuters) – Soccer fans attending World Cup matches in Qatar will fork out nearly 40% more for match tickets compared to those who watched the 2018 edition in Russia, with tickets for the final costing an eye-watering 684 pounds ($812) on average, a study shows.

(Reuters) – Australia’s top order fired in unison to secure a six-wicket win over England with Dawid Malan’s career-best 134 for the tourists in vain as in the first one-day international yesterday.

Guyana’s Harpy Eagles cricket team will clash with the Jamaica Scorpions today in the CG Insurance Super50 Cup second semi-final for a chance to be in their third final in the last four seasons.

Regal Masters and Legends teams walked away champions in their respective Over-40 and Over-50 divisions while Guyana Knight Riders Ariel won the Open Category and 4R Lioness carted off with the spoils in the female division on Sunday in the Georgetown Softball Cricket League’s sixth Prime Minister’s T20 Cup.

Samira and Sean Duncan, Malaika Bynoe  and Jeewanram Persaud clinched gold medals when the 2022 National Archery Indoor Championships concluded at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue, according to a release from Archery Guyana.

It is now official. Kristian Jeffrey was declared the 2022 Radical Caribbean Cup champion Tuesday night and was presented with the coveted winner’s trophy.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Batting icon Brian Lara has been named by Cricket West Indies as part of a three-member group which will review West Indies’ shocking early exit from the recent Twenty20 World Cup in Australia.

With the semi-final section in the MVP Sports Futsal Championship penciled to commence on November 23rd, coordinator and co-director of the Petra Organization Troy Mendonca declared that he anticipates thrilling matchups in both the men’s and women’s divisions.

The National Schools Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships will take place from November 27 at various venues across the country.

Boxers get ready, the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) is set to host its Lennox Blackmore Intermediate Boxing Tournament from tomorrow through at the National Gymnasium.

(Reuters) – Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo said he was close to signing for bitter rivals Manchester City last year but former manager Alex Ferguson asked him not to.

(Reuters) – World number one Rory McIlroy said LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman must step down from his position immediately as golf’s tours need an “adult in the room” to help end the stalemate in their feud.

Terence Davis amassed a game-high and season-best 31 points off the bench and teamed with Kevin Huerter for 12 of Sacramento’s 20 3-pointers Tuesday night, propelling the Kings to a 153-121 thrashing of the visiting Brooklyn Nets.

(Reuters) – Oleksandr Usyk’s mandatory commitments with IBF challenger Filip Hrgovic will have no bearing on a bout against Britain’s Tyson Fury to unify the world heavyweight titles, the Ukrainian boxer’s promoter told Sky Sports.

St. John’s, Antigua – The stage is set for the business end of the CG United Super 50 Cup and finals week in Antigua.

Embattled president of the Guyana Chess federation (GCF) Frankie Farley has been elected a member of FIDE’s Global Strategy Commission.

Sri Lanka U19 female team defeated their West Indian counterparts by six wickets yesterday in the third match of their quadrangular T20 series in India.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – Former West Indies captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul believes some regional players are more interested in making money from the sport wherever they can than on representing the Caribbean.

Bam Adebayo scored 14 of his season-high 30 points in the fourth quarter, helping the host Miami Heat rally to a 113-112 win over the Phoenix Suns on Monday night.

TURIN, Italy, (Reuters) – Rafa Nadal was eliminated from the ATP Finals as Casper Ruud beat American Taylor Fritz in their round-robin match in Turin yesterday, which also guaranteed that teenager Carlos Alcaraz would end the year as world number one.